TheBreakdown
Full time12 November 2016
Georgia
22–28
Japan
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia · Tour 2016Head-to-head

Japan won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 10’TJapan try · Kotaro Matsushima0–5
  2. 18’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura0–8
  3. 27’TGeorgia try · Viktor Kolelishvili5–8
  4. 39’CGeorgia conversion · Merab Kvirikashvili7–8
  5. 39’TGeorgia try · Vasil Lobzhanidze12–8
  6. 46’TJapan try · Lomano Lemeki12–13
  7. 51’TGeorgia try · Beka Bitsadze17–13
  8. 53’CGeorgia conversion · Merab Kvirikashvili19–13
  9. 58’PGeorgia penalty · Merab Kvirikashvili22–13
  10. 61’TJapan try · Lomano Lemeki22–18
  11. 63’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura22–20
  12. 65’TJapan try · Kenki Fukuoka22–25
  13. 77’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura22–28

Line-ups

Georgia

  1. 1Mikheil NariashviliProp
  2. 2Jaba BregvadzeHooker
  3. 3Levan ChilachavaProp
  4. 4Konstantine MikautadzeSecond row
  5. 5Giorgi NemsadzeSecond row
  6. 6Viktor KolelishviliFlanker
  7. 7Mamuka GorgodzeFlanker
  8. 8Beka BitsadzeNumber 8
  9. 9Vasil LobzhanidzeScrum-half
  10. 10Lasha KhmaladzeFly-half
  11. 11Giorgi AptsiauriWing
  12. 12Merab SharikadzeCentre
  13. 13Davit KacharavaCentre
  14. 14Tamaz MchedlidzeWing
  15. 15Merab KvirikashviliFull-back
  16. 16Badri AlkhazashviliBench
  17. 17Vasil KakovinBench
  18. 18Davit KubriashviliBench
  19. 19Lasha LomidzeBench
  20. 20Giorgi TkhilaishviliBench
  21. 21Giorgi BegadzeBench
  22. 22Lasha MalaguradzeBench
  23. 23Anzor SichinavaBench

Japan

  1. 1Satoshi NakataniProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Heiichiro ItoProp
  4. 4Kotaro YatabeSecond row
  5. 5Kyosuke KajikawaSecond row
  6. 6Malgene IlauaFlanker
  7. 7Shunsuke NunomakiFlanker
  8. 8Amanaki MafiNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10Yu TamuraFly-half
  11. 11Karne HeskethWing
  12. 12Harumichi TatekawaCentre
  13. 13Timothy LafaeleCentre
  14. 14Lomano LemekiWing
  15. 15Kotaro MatsushimaFull-back
  16. 16Takeshi HinoBench
  17. 17Koki YamamotoBench
  18. 18Yasuo YamajiBench
  19. 19Samuela AniseBench
  20. 20Uwe HeluBench
  21. 21Keisuke UchidaBench
  22. 22Amanaki LotoaheaBench
  23. 23Kenki FukuokaBench

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Context

All-time, Georgia 2–6 Japan in 8 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Georgia going in
Japan going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.